Agreed; there’s a reason that the best storyteller’s trend heavily toward 35+ in years. But, as mentioned, you can “fake” experience and depth with an appropriate grasp of basic literary theory and its themes. It just seems that the industry at large has latched onto the loose outline of the “hero’s journey” and completely left aside the detail under the outline as if it doesn’t (and shouldn’t) matter.
“Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.” ― William Faulkner
“Life is a tapestry woven by the decisions we make.” ― Sherrilyn Kenyon
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Play is the environment in which one can experience loss and receive learning without the scars that life would inflict.” – Me